Stock markets in the Chinese area clearly rising after the Beijing Central Bank cut five-year rates to boost the real estate market.
Hong Kong rose 2.2% after achieving increases of more than four percentage points, with Shanghai up 1.4% and Shenzhen 1.6%.
However, the other Asian and Pacific stock markets were sluggish: Tokyo closed down by 0.2%, Seoul by 0.1% and Sydney down by 0.6%.
Futures on the start of European markets are marginally growing.
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